Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-24

bamboozled his trusting wife and grown
up son with this transparent fraud.
He told me only short time ago, with
genuine pathos, that the first time he had
seen his own son by daylight was last fall.
He said that his son came of age last De-
tober, and through the courtesy of n mu-
tual friend 9TH young mans mother) he
had the pleasure of meeting him on cleo
ton day and forming an acquaintance
which he says may ripen int a strong
friendship.
have another acquaintance who assists
in editing morning paper, but he does
not believe in allowing his children to ut
terly forget him. He does not want his
boy to think they are orphans Just because
he is not always at home. He is q man
of very strong will and a strict disciplin-
arian. So he gets holiday every two
weeks in order to 90 home aud do up his
furnishing.
One time he found that his eldest or old
est som DO not know which, because |
am gway from home without my library
had violated the rules of the house in a
sad manner.
As near as am able to come at the facts,
the boy had taken quart of corn and sewed
long thread through each kernel, show
ing great patience and perseverance in so
doing. He had then tied the end of the
thread all together into one knot and
scattered the cord where large flock of
geese had been in the habit of associating
and pooling for mutual profit and improve
ment.
A. man who came along that way about
dusk said he saw about thirty geese stand
ing around in a circle looking reproach-
fully 40 each other and trying to agree on
some method by which they could all go
home together without turning part of
their crowd wrong side out, while behind
a high board fence there was boy who
seemed to be enjoying himself in small
way.
The incident was reported to the boys
father, who came home and placed his son
under large dry goods box in the cellar,
after which he piled 300 or 400 pounds OF
coal on top of the inverted box. He then
made n few remarks for the boys good,
which were followed by the smothered re-
mark Rats from the inside of the
box. After ordering that the box should
not be disturbed till his return, my friend
put on his coat and went back to his work.
This was Just rs the returns began to
return in the autumn of "a. My friend
did not 20 home for two weeks and forgot
all about the boy till it came time to do up
his punishment for the fortnight.
When the truth flashed over him he was
filled with the keenest remOrse, and went
home as soon rs he had sent in his last
proof, but when he went down the cellar
he found the box empty and the following
note written on it with pencil:
Dear Paw do not weap for me have
went away from my happy home WHARF i
was Onct so gay and free do Not assassin
ate nav becuz she Pride up the box with
a stick OF cord-wOOd yesterday and fed Me
she left tn box So could Bust 4th am
gone Far Far Away do not weap for me it
is better for me and You to he Apart emmy
how it is better for Me to he apart like
being Apart Good deal bettr think i
will take ham and gar of Preserves of
which am pashionately fond but i will
Renumerate you some Day as heaven is
my Jug 80 No mOar at Present from your
prodigile son Henry. BILL NYE.